MrToadsWildRide
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I had dinner at the Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen the other day.
Or should I say, (type) JNCLSC? No. I shouldn't, as I'd have no idea what I was talking about.
I got seated in the See Room. Which I assumed was named in honor of Edward G. Robinson. See? Yeah. See?
Turns out, no, it's not a tribute to Ed and his Bugs Bunny cameo.
It's actually called the S.E.A Room. Which stands for Society of Explorers and Adventurer's. See?
The S.E.A Room is pretty cool. I think they must have blown most of their decorating budget on this room, as the rest of the place looks a lot like the old Adventureland Veranda with some new paint.
I noticed the menu has some exotic Coca-Cola options. If memory serves correct (and it usually doesn't) I'm pretty sure when I was at Epcot, I spit most of the exotic Coca-Cola into the nearest trash can. (no offense to those of you who prefer your cola to taste awful) So, in keeping with the name of the place, I Skipp(ered) the funky colas.
I started out with the S.E.A Shu Mai. See? Cause I like Shu Mai. See? Sadly, I spent too much time doing my worst Edward G imitations. See?
The Shu Mai was good.
What was bad, as the bread. Well, not the bread but the dipping sauce for the bread. Well, actually the bread was not great. It seemed to be getting hard and stale as I ate it. But, I quickly forgot about the stale bread, as the dipping sauce became the high (low?) light of my dinner.
The best way to describe this dipping sauce would be tea flavored honey. I like honey. Tea is okay. But put them together and you've got honey (with an odd flavor) that is dangerously runny. I discovered that there is no way (at least for me) to each this honey dipped bread without becoming honey dipped myself. Way too long story short, I got honey everywhere. Sadly, I didn't notice how much honey damage I had done until everything I picked up was sticking to me.
For my entrée, I got Char Siu Pork. It came with Chinese Broccoli, which is a fancy name for steamed leaves. Tasted okay. Did not look like any broccoli I've ever had.
The Char Siu Pork had a nice, unique flavor to it. However, the pork itself would put shoe leather to shame. Wow. Was it tough. Not just tough to chew. But tough to cut, with a knife.
I guess Char Siu Pork translates to, "Tuff chew pork." So, I guess I got what I ordered. Gotta use that google translate more often.
The lady next to me asked what I ordered and I told her, tough pork. She took my advice and ordered something else.
For desert, my waitress said she'd live vicariously through me if I ordered the Kungaloosh! Which is African (yes, I'm lumping all languages of an entire continent into one non-language word, but the menu said African) for chocolate lava cake.
I love chocolate lava cake. But as I told the (now said) waitress, that would not be very adventurous. So I ordered the Sugar-crusted Congee Pudding. Cause I needed me some congee. See?
While I was waiting, a waiter showed up and started to put a plate of something on my table. He looked confused as he looked at me and the lady (who did not get Tuff Chew Pork) next to me wondering if what he was carrying was for me or her. While I had not had congee before, I was hoping what was on the plate was not congee. But the non-tuff pork lady had the same look I did. Clearly she was hoping it was for me, not her.
So I say to the guy, "Appetizer. Right?" He says, "Yes!" The lady does not look happy. So I turn to her and say, "I got this for you." (true)
Now she's delighted and accepts the odd dish with much excitement. I decide I can't lie to her. So I say, "Actually, I didn't get this for you. It's what you ordered." (sorry)
Eventually, along comes my Sugar-Crusted Congee Pudding. I quickly learned that Congee Pudding translates to This Is Not Pudding. It was more like corn soufflé, with millet (isn't that a fish), almonds, apricots, dates and other stuff in it. It was adventurous. Should have gotten the lava cake.
When I was finished, I visited the bathroom to de-honey myself. Though, a couple of hours later, I had sat down and noticed my knee was sticky. (note to self, artificial tree this year)
The Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd Skipper Canteen is certainly more adventurous than The Adventureland Veranda was. Though I have to admit, I miss the Tiki Burger. Yes, I know it wasn't called Tiki Burger. But that's what I call it. To this day, I still make my own Tiki Burgers, grilled pineapple and all.
But if you're looking for Tuff Chew Pork, JNCTSC is the place to go.
Or should I say, (type) JNCLSC? No. I shouldn't, as I'd have no idea what I was talking about.
I got seated in the See Room. Which I assumed was named in honor of Edward G. Robinson. See? Yeah. See?
Turns out, no, it's not a tribute to Ed and his Bugs Bunny cameo.
It's actually called the S.E.A Room. Which stands for Society of Explorers and Adventurer's. See?
The S.E.A Room is pretty cool. I think they must have blown most of their decorating budget on this room, as the rest of the place looks a lot like the old Adventureland Veranda with some new paint.
I noticed the menu has some exotic Coca-Cola options. If memory serves correct (and it usually doesn't) I'm pretty sure when I was at Epcot, I spit most of the exotic Coca-Cola into the nearest trash can. (no offense to those of you who prefer your cola to taste awful) So, in keeping with the name of the place, I Skipp(ered) the funky colas.
I started out with the S.E.A Shu Mai. See? Cause I like Shu Mai. See? Sadly, I spent too much time doing my worst Edward G imitations. See?
The Shu Mai was good.
What was bad, as the bread. Well, not the bread but the dipping sauce for the bread. Well, actually the bread was not great. It seemed to be getting hard and stale as I ate it. But, I quickly forgot about the stale bread, as the dipping sauce became the high (low?) light of my dinner.
The best way to describe this dipping sauce would be tea flavored honey. I like honey. Tea is okay. But put them together and you've got honey (with an odd flavor) that is dangerously runny. I discovered that there is no way (at least for me) to each this honey dipped bread without becoming honey dipped myself. Way too long story short, I got honey everywhere. Sadly, I didn't notice how much honey damage I had done until everything I picked up was sticking to me.
For my entrée, I got Char Siu Pork. It came with Chinese Broccoli, which is a fancy name for steamed leaves. Tasted okay. Did not look like any broccoli I've ever had.
The Char Siu Pork had a nice, unique flavor to it. However, the pork itself would put shoe leather to shame. Wow. Was it tough. Not just tough to chew. But tough to cut, with a knife.
I guess Char Siu Pork translates to, "Tuff chew pork." So, I guess I got what I ordered. Gotta use that google translate more often.
The lady next to me asked what I ordered and I told her, tough pork. She took my advice and ordered something else.
For desert, my waitress said she'd live vicariously through me if I ordered the Kungaloosh! Which is African (yes, I'm lumping all languages of an entire continent into one non-language word, but the menu said African) for chocolate lava cake.
I love chocolate lava cake. But as I told the (now said) waitress, that would not be very adventurous. So I ordered the Sugar-crusted Congee Pudding. Cause I needed me some congee. See?
While I was waiting, a waiter showed up and started to put a plate of something on my table. He looked confused as he looked at me and the lady (who did not get Tuff Chew Pork) next to me wondering if what he was carrying was for me or her. While I had not had congee before, I was hoping what was on the plate was not congee. But the non-tuff pork lady had the same look I did. Clearly she was hoping it was for me, not her.
So I say to the guy, "Appetizer. Right?" He says, "Yes!" The lady does not look happy. So I turn to her and say, "I got this for you." (true)
Now she's delighted and accepts the odd dish with much excitement. I decide I can't lie to her. So I say, "Actually, I didn't get this for you. It's what you ordered." (sorry)
Eventually, along comes my Sugar-Crusted Congee Pudding. I quickly learned that Congee Pudding translates to This Is Not Pudding. It was more like corn soufflé, with millet (isn't that a fish), almonds, apricots, dates and other stuff in it. It was adventurous. Should have gotten the lava cake.
When I was finished, I visited the bathroom to de-honey myself. Though, a couple of hours later, I had sat down and noticed my knee was sticky. (note to self, artificial tree this year)
The Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd Skipper Canteen is certainly more adventurous than The Adventureland Veranda was. Though I have to admit, I miss the Tiki Burger. Yes, I know it wasn't called Tiki Burger. But that's what I call it. To this day, I still make my own Tiki Burgers, grilled pineapple and all.
But if you're looking for Tuff Chew Pork, JNCTSC is the place to go.
